Re: umount

[Matthew Dalton <matthew.dalton@cisra.canon.com.au>]

macio@eazy.net wrote:
> 
> I can't get umount to unmount my cdrom or floppy drive (at least not in a
> reliable way).  So far I have had one horrific crash as a result of this
> problem :-( . I have tried a lot of different options and read a lot but
> have seen no solution to "device busy" etc. I am going to leave my system
> on until I hear from somebody.  At present I am stuck with a mounted cdrom
> which I have been trying to unmount for about an hour.  Thanks for your help.

You probably still have a shell whose current directory is in the cdrom
mount. Make sure you change directories away from the cdrom mount in all
of your terminals, and then try unmounting it.


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